Who was the first recipient of the quot Bharat Ratna quot Award posthumously ........

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Who was the first recipient of the "Bharat Ratna" Award posthumously ?

K. Kamaraj

Lal Bahadur Shastri

M.G. Ramachandran

B.R. Ambedkar

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The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954. Since then, the award has been bestowed upon 48 individuals, including 14 who were awarded posthumously. The original statutes did not provide for posthumous awards but were amended in January 1955 to permit them. Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first individual to be honoured posthumously. In 2014,